Press

May 13, 2022- Missouri Independent. Tessa Weinberg. ‘Seclusion kills’: Missouri lawmakers pass limits on hospital COVID visitor restrictions

April 13, 2022 – Missouri Independent. Tessa Weinberg. Legislators weigh blocking COVID visitor restrictions at Missouri hospitals, nursing homes

March 15, 2022 – KSDK 5 News. Alzheimer’s Association says there’s a severe staff shortage

March 15, 2022- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Annika Merrilees. Missouri must add thousands of senior care workers, new report says

March 9, 2022 – St. Louis Public Radio. Chad Davis. Missouri and Illinois nursing homes rank last in hours of care residents receive

March 7, 2022 – Newsradio KMOX. Megan Lynch. Illinois, Missouri nursing homes last in the nation for hours of one-on-one care

March 7, 2022 – Newsradio KMOX. Help Wanted in Nursing Homes and Long Term Care Facilities

March 3, 2022 – Kaiser Health News. Rachada Prahan and Harris Meyer. Biden Pledges Better Nursing Home Care, but He Likely Won’t Fast-Track It

March 1, 2022 – Abc17 News. Chanel Porter. Missouri advocate for quality long-term care weighs in on President Biden’s efforts to help nursing homes

February 1, 2022 – Fox 2. Linda Wagar. Missouri nurse’s life insurance policy canceled after company stops paying premiums

January 25, 2022 – Kaiser Health News. Eric Berger. With a Vaccine Mandate Looming, Nursing Homes Face More Staffing Problems

January 14, 2022-St. Louis Post Dispatch. Annika Merrilees. COVID-19 hits Missouri nursing homes again, after months of calm

December 17, 2021-Fox 2 St. Louis. Jasmine Huda. Pulse of St. Louis – Holiday Cards

December 2, 2021-KMOX. Megan Lynch. Group needs help making 4,000 more holiday cards for STL-area nursing home residents

November 15, 2021- Missouri Independent. Tessa Weinberg. Missouri gives nursing homes a way to temporarily close in face of federal vaccine rule

November 12, 2021- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Annika Merrilees. How hard is it to close a nursing home? Troubled St. Louis County facility has had problems for years

November 5, 2021 – St. Louis Public Radio. Chad Davis. Advocates, unions say vaccine mandate makes nursing homes, other facilities safer

November 5, 2021 – Missouri Independent. Allison Kite and Tessa Weinberg. Missouri last in U.S. for nursing home staff vaccinations as federal deadline nears

October 25, 2021- St. Louis Public Radio. Shahla Farzan. Nearly half of Missouri nursing home workers never got a COVID vaccine. New rules may require it

October 4, 2021- AARP. Emily Paulin. Nursing Homes are Filled with Empty Beds, Raising More Concerns About Care

October 2, 2021- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Annika Merrilees. After years of trouble, St. Louis County nursing home nearly loses federal funding

September 23, 2021- Fox 4 Kansas City. Linda Wager. Data: Kansas City area nursing home residents often more vaccinated than staff

September 13, 2021 – Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences. Robert Doyle and Kym Radford. VOYCE advocates for long-term care residents

August 30, 2021 – St. Louis Post Dispatch. Michele Munz and Annika Merrilees. Missouri nursing homes struggle to boost dismal staff vaccination rates, fear new federal mandate will cause exodus

August 27, 2021 – St. Louis Public Radio. Chad Davis. Advocates, Union Representatives, Support Vaccine Mandate For Nursing Home Workers

August 19, 2021- KMOV. Gabriela Vidal. Vaccine mandate for nursing home staff presents new challenges for St. Louis facilities

August 18, 2021- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Zeke Miller and Michelle Munz. Biden to require COVID vaccines for nursing home staff

August 17, 2021- 1120 AM KMOX. Megan Lynch. Data shows Missouri nursing homes fail to provide recommended hours of care

August 9, 2021 – Missouri Independent. Allison Kite and Tessa Weinberg. Less than half of Missouri nursing home staff vaccinated, reviving fear of lockdowns

August 4, 2021 – 1120AM KMOX. Megan Lynch. Total Information AM

July 23, 2021 – St. Louis Public Radio. Chad Davis. Advocates For St. Louis Nursing Home Residents Worry Delta Variant Poses New Threat

July 16, 2021- The 19th. Mariel Padilla. Only 1 in 4 nursing homes are confident they can survive a year

April 16, 2021 – St. Louis Public Radio. Shahla Farzan. COVID Liability Bill Would Shield Missouri Nursing Homes From Consequences, Advocates Warn

March 29, 2021 – St. Louis Public Radio. Reporter Megan Cattel. Missouri Nursing Homes Are Allowing Indoor Visits For The First Time In A Year

March 11, 2021 – KMOX. Reporter Megan Lynch. Visits, hugs now allowed for many nursing home residents

March 11, 2021 – KMOV. Reporter Jenna Rae. Visitors now allowed back in some Missouri nursing, rehab facilities

March 10, 2021 – St. Louis Post Dispatch. Reporter Nassim Benchaabane. ‘A wake-up call’: Nursing homes eye new normal after steep decline in COVID-19 cases

January 31, 2021 – St. Louis Post Dispatch. Reporter Ben Simon. St. Louis-area nursing homes find creative ways to keep residents engaged amid pandemic

January 29, 2021 – St. Louis Public Radio. Reporter Kayla Drake. Missourians Aren’t Showing Up For Second COVID-19 Vaccine Doses, Health Officials Say

January 14, 2021 – St. Louis Public Radio. Reporter Chad Davis. St. Louis County Nursing Homes Report More Than 800 Positive Coronavirus Cases In December

December 11, 2020 – St. Louis Public Radio. Reporter Shahla Farzan. St. Louis County Nursing Homes Had Record Number Of COVID-19 Cases Last Month

December 11, 2020 – KMOV. COVID cases and deaths spike at nursing homes in Metro East

December 2020 – Barnes Jewish Hospital Giving Magazine page 5. Author Gail Appleson. Philanthropy at Work.

November 23, 2020- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Reporter Michele Munz. Nursing homes struggle to keep residents safe as coronavirus cases surge outside their walls

November 20, 2020- St. Louis Public Radio. Reporter Chad Davis. Families Fear Nursing Home Residents Will Face Two Crises: The Coronavirus And Loneliness

November 19, 2020- St. Louis Public Radio. Reporter Shahla Farzan. Some St. Louis Families Face Unexpected Challenges Setting Up Nursing Home Cameras

November 17, 2020- St. Louis on the Air. Interviewer Evie Hemphill. Tuesday: Getting Creative About Connecting With Older Loved Ones, Nursing Home Residents

November 10, 2020- Fox 2. Reporter Jasmine Huda. COVID, the elderly and the holidays: Families advised to plan early for Thanksgiving

November 6, 2020- KMOX 1120. Reporter Megan Lynch. Advocates for high risk groups say holidays during COVID may have to go virtual

September 28, 2020- The Voice for Seniors Podcast. Interviewer David Terry. “Granny Cams”: Cameras in Nursing Homes (Part 2)

September 21, 2020- KMOX 1120 AM.  Reporter Megan Lynch. Nursing homes required to reopen to visitors

September 20, 2020- Columbia Missourian. Reporter Hannah Norton. Electronic monitoring, cameras finally allowed in nursing homes after a decade

September 15, 2020- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Reporter Nassim Benchaabane. Federal agency lifts ban on indoor visits to nursing homes

September 3, 2020- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Reporter Nassim Benchaabane. More than 650 Missouri nursing home residents dead of COVID-19 as infection rate climbs, federal data shows

August 27, 2020- KMOX 1120 AM.  Reporter Megan Lynch. ‘Granny Cams’ go online in Missouri next week

August 26, 2020- KMOV Channel 4- 6:00 PM news. Reporter Lauren Trager. New law allowing cameras in Missouri nursing homes set to go into effect September 3rd

August 11, 2020- The Voice for Seniors Podcast. Interviewer David Terry. What the Heck is an Ombudsman and What Can They do for Mom

August 5, 2020- St. Louis Public Radio- Local News and The Gateway Podcast- Reporter Shahla Farzan. Nursing Home Residents Make Up Nearly Two-Thirds Of All COVID-19 Deaths In St. Louis County

July 28, 2020- The Voice for Seniors Podcast. Interviewer David Terry. The Time For Cameras In Nursing Homes Is Now, But Not Every State Agrees

July 15, 2020- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Reporter Nassim Benchaabane. Missouri to allow nursing home residents and families to install video cameras in rooms

June 17, 2020- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Reporter Nassim Benchaabane. Families can start outdoor visits with loved ones at some Missouri nursing homes, state officials say

June 17, 2020- KTVI Fox 2- 11:00 PM news. Reporter Jasmine Huda. Caution and patience encouraged as local assisted living facilities reopen in Missouri

June 16, 2020- KMOV Channel 4- 6:00 PM news. Reporter Lauren Trager. Woman says mother was neglected at North County nursing home while facility was on lockdown during pandemic

June 16, 2020- KMOX 1120 AM.  Reporter Megan Lynch. Outdoor, open-window visits now allowed at Missouri nursing homes

June 16, 2020- St. Louis Public Radio- Local News and The Gateway Podcast- Reporter Eli Chen. Families May Soon Visit Loved Ones Outside Of Nursing Homes

June 14, 2020- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Reporter Nassim Benchaabane and Jack Suntrup. Hundreds of COVID-19 deaths draw focus on nursing home industry and its political influence in Missouri

June 6, 2020- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Reporter Nassim Benchaabane. More than 300 nursing home residents in St. Louis County have died of COVID-19, county says

June 5, 2020- St. Louis Public Radio- Local News- Reporter Sarah Fentem; St. Louis on the Air- Interviewer Sarah Fenske. More Than 250 Missouri Nursing Home Residents Died From COVID-19

June 5, 2020- KCUR 89.3 FM- Local News- Reporter Alex Smith. Federal Data Showing COVID-19 Tolls In Kansas And Missouri Nursing Homes Has Major Inconsistencies

June 2, 2020- St. Louis Public Radio- Local News- Reporter Eli Chen. New Missouri Law Allows Families To Place Cameras Inside Nursing Homes

May 27, 2020- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Reporters Erin Heffernan and Nassim Benchaabane. More St. Louis area nursing homes report COVID-19 cases, but state still refuses to name them

May 26, 2020- St. Louis Public Radio- Local News and The Gateway Podcast- Reporter Eli Chen. Afraid Of Coronavirus Exposure, St. Louis Families Are Pulling Loved Ones Out Of Nursing Homes

May 23, 2020- USA Today. Reporter Kameel Stanley. Families still need care, but many are afraid of nursing homes amid the coronavirus pandemic

May 6, 2020- KMOX 1120 AM.  Reporter Megan Lynch. ‘Granny Cams’ gain traction in Missouri amid coronavirus lockdowns

May 1, 2020- St. Louis Public Radio- Local News and The Gateway Podcast- Reporter Eli Chen. ‘I Just Want To Know’: Families Of Nursing Home Residents Demand Coronavirus Details

April 28, 2020- KMOV Channel 4- 6:00 PM news. Reporter Lauren Trager. Advocates say COVID-19 outbreak is another reason why there should be cameras in nursing homes

April 28, 2020- KMOX 1120 AM.  Reporter Megan Lynch. Federal rules may shine light on COVID cases in Mo long-term care facilities

April 21, 2020- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Reporter Nassim Benchaabane.  Amid rising coronavirus death toll, nursing homes told to improve reporting

April 21, 2020- KMOV Channel 4- 6:00 PM news. Reporter Lauren Trager. ‘It has gone through that building like fire;’ Nursing home staffer raising alarms about COVID-19 outbreak

April 13, 2020- Town&Style. Reporter Stephanie Wallace. Staying Connected

April 12, 2020- KMOV Channel 4- 10:00 PM news. Reporter Alexis Zotos. Families demand more information as COVID-19 sweeps through area nursing homes

April 7, 2020- St. Louis Public Radio- Local News and The Gateway Podcast- Reporter Eli Chen. Nearly 50 Missouri Nursing Homes Have Residents With COVID-19

April 5, 2020- KTRS The Big 550 AM- We’re Having a Senior Moment airing at 7:00 AM and on podcast- Host Shawn Rimerman. April 5 Podcast

April 2, 2020- St. Louis Public Radio Facebook. Host Lindsay Toler and Reporter Eli Chen. Reporting on Nursing Homes

April 1, 2020- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Reporter Nassim Benchaabane.  Two dead of COVID-19 as virus hits senior homes short on staff, supplies

March 31, 2020- St. Louis Public Radio- Local News and The Gateway Podcast- Reporter Eli Chen. As Nursing Homes Struggle With Coronavirus Prevention, Residents Become More Isolated

March 28, 2020- St. Louis Post Dispatch. Reporter Nassim Benchaabane. Nursing homes hit hard as COVID-19 cases found at 3 more in St. Louis area, 3 others in Missouri

March 24, 2020- KMOV Channel 4. Reporter Lauren Trager. Families turn to technology to communicate with their loved ones in nursing homes

March 23, 2020- KMOV Channel 4. Reporter Lauren Trager. Fearing increased isolation for patients, loved ones ask for cameras in nursing homes

March 20, 2020- KMOX 1120 AM. Total Information AM. Reporter Carol Daniel.